Saikat Jana, PhD

Saikat is a Senior Staff Engineer at GlobalFoundries, where he leads a team developing the application ecosystem for a new RISC-V-based SoC. With a PhD from IIT Madras, his expertise spans custom silicon, power electronics, and embedded systems, with a focus on microgrid and inverter architecture.

Colleagues describe Saikat as patient, calm under pressure, and possessing a deep practical knowledge that allows him to find the right solutions for complex electrical engineering problems. He is known for doing things perfectly the first time and for being a helpful guide on PCB design optimizations.

Unique fact: Saikat holds a patent for a cutting-edge method for precision metal micro-machining using power electronic converters to generate high-energy electrical pulses.